Testing a Message

You can test a message in one or both of two ways:

Quick Test

Use this option when editing content to send the message to specific email addresses. If the message body contains mail merge tags, enhancers, or conditional content, you can also send multiple messages using random test data from your list. You might want to do this, for example, to see how your mail merge fields and dynamic content will appear to different recipients. Aurea Campaign Managerwill not send the test messages to your contacts; it will simply use the contact's profile data and send the messages to the addresses you specify.  For example, you send three test messages to john@mail.com. Aurea Campaign Managerwill insert data from any three contacts in your list and send all three messages to john@mail.com.

Proof Message

Use this option when testing the message to send the message to your proof contacts. This option gives a more accurate result than a Quick Test because it uses your proof recipients' actual data instead of random test data. For example, you designated john@mail.com and amy@mail.com as proof contacts. When you send the proof message to both of these contacts, Aurea Campaign Managerwill send the message to john@mail.com using his profile data, and another one to amy@mail.com using her profile data. For more information about proof contacts, see About Proof Contacts.

You can also generate EmailAdvisor reports, which provide information about message deliverability.

Opening the Test & Proof Page

Use the Test & Proof page to send proof messages and generate Email Test reports.

To open the Test & Proof page, on the Edit Message page, click .

Refer to the sections for more information:

• Send a Quick Test
• Send a Proof Message
• Generate and View Email Test Reports

Sending a Proof Message

1. On the Test & Proof page, select the Send Proof tab. The Proof Contacts list opens, showing all existing proof contacts.
2. To send the proof message to a contact who does not appear in the Proof Contacts list:

1. Type the contact's email address in the Add Proof Contact field.
2. Press Return.

3. Do one of the following:

• To send the message to individual Proof Contacts, select the contact's check-box.
• To send the message to all Proof Contacts, select the Proof Contacts check-box.

4. Click . The message is sent to the proof contacts you selected.

Generating and Viewing Email Test Reports

The Email Test reports can take a while to generate. You might want to continue with other tasks while the reports run.

Generating Email Test Reports

1. On the Test & Proof page, select the Email Testing tab.
2. Click Run Tests. Aurea Campaign Managerbegins to generate the reports.

Viewing Email Test Reports from the Test & Proof Page

1. Select the Email Testing tab.
2. Click the report you want to see.

The links become enabled after the report is generated.

Viewing Email Test Reports from any Page

1. On the navigation bar, click Email Marketing > Email Test Overview.
2. Select the message you want from the table at the bottom of the page.
3. In the Available Reports section, click the report you want to see. Click to proceed to the next step.

Next Step: Set message delivery